Get
rid of finals tension -- come train for the Ice Bowl
FROSTY TACKLE:
A play from a previous Ice Bowl gives an idea
of the flavor of the game
By Jean
West
December 3, 2008 | Ever feel like there is nothing
going on in Cache Valley? Think, as students, that there
is no time to do anything else but study and worry about
classes and grades?
Tim Ray, student at
Utah State University originally from northern California,
felt this way too one Tuesday, mid-October 2006. He
was swamped by school, stressed out, questioning why
he came to Logan for school, late for a chemistry lab,
and to top his day off . . . it was snowing. Unable
to take anymore he called up some buddies on a whim
and invited them to come play some football on the Quad.
Much to his surprise, about 15 people showed up. It
continued to snow as they threw the pigskin, taking
all their stress, aggression and worries out on each
other . . . full tackle. After the first historic game,
everyone was all sweaty, wet, sore, some bleeding, and
all wearing huge smiles on their faces. It became a
weekly release for them . . . a physical outlet in their
lives of tedious structure. And best of all . . . it
was fun!
The
Ice Bowl, as it affectionately became known as,
continued on the Quad every Tuesday in the winter of
2006-07. When the snow melted, Ray wasn't about to give
up and surrender to the mundane life of Logan. He started
a group called Cache Valley Summer Sports on
Facebook so there would be an easy way to tell anyone
or everyone about what sports are going on during the
summer. The group includes 116 people and allows anyone
to join. Ray as it's administrator, kept tabs on all
the sporting events happening in Logan during the summer
such as soccer, football, softball, tennis, basketball,
ultimate frisbee, wakeboarding and anything else happening
in the sun.
Now that it's fall again, Ray gets the boys out playing
"pre-season" Ice Bowl, again on the quad every Tuesday
at 4 with full intention of starting up the new season
of the Ice Bowl when it snows. Everyone is invited so
come on over! Beware, that you will get tackled, it
will be cold, and it will be fantasticly fun.
"Meh, I did fail that chemistry lab that I was late
for and had to retake the class," said Ray, "but it
was definitely worth it. The Ice Bowl gets people together
to forget about the cold, hit each other, and have an
all around good time!"
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